Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Expansion Bundle is available now on the Nintendo Switch and to celebrate the launch of the downloadable content, Nintendo of America has put together a launch trailer giving a glimpse of what players can expect from the bundled Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions. You can view that below. Sid…
“It was my idea to say, ‘Why don’t we call her Princess Peach Toadstool?’”. While most people today know Mario’s pink-dress-wearing, royal love interest under the name Princess Peach, this wasn’t always the case. Prior to the release of Super Mario 64, for instance, most people in the West referred to the princess by another…
Part 1 launches alongside Update 1.3.0. Civilization VII has received multiple updates since it launched earlier this year and alongside Update 1.3.0, Firaxis Games has now released the Tides of Power Collection. This is “free to claim” on the Switch and Switch 2 eShop until 5th January 2026 and is “yours to keep permanently at…
It’s my feeling that we live in a meaningless and random universe, at the whim of scattershot physical forces so varied we might as well not try to predict anything—but occasionally, some trick of mathematics forces me to consider whether I’m actually in a simulation, painting, or videogame. Such as the absolute mind-melter that is…
A lot of the discussion around Marathon has been its emphasis on PvP. It couldn’t be more polar opposite to Arc Raiders, where most matches feel like friendly walks in the park as everyone puts down their weapons and starts collecting mushrooms, toasters, and whatever else in unison. If you see another player on Tau…
Just weeks after being announced. Arc System Works, the studio most famous for Guilty Gear but who also worked on the recent Another Code: Recollection remake, is releasing Switch 2 exclusive Dear me, I was… on 31st July 2025 (thanks Gematsu!) The game was spotted on the Japanese eShop earlier today and will retail for…
Marvel Rivals has a problem, one that every hero shooter since the invention of the concept—and every MOBA before it—has suffered from: People keep picking DPS. You rock into a game, expecting a balanced team makeup, but alas. Your crew is composed of Hawkeye, Black Widow, Magik, Psylocke, Spider-Man, and a Punisher. You proceed to…
HBO has finally announced the premiere date for The Last of Us Season 2. Back in January they told us it was coming in April, but today they got a bit more specific: The Last of Us Season 2 premieres on April 13. Season 2 will reintroduce us to sad dad Joel (Pedro Pascal) and…
Hytale is first and foremost a sandbox adventure RPG inspired by Minecraft, but having been made by a team of top Minecraft modders and community members, it’s also built with modding in mind. And when mods are involved, things are bound to get very weird, very fast. One Hytale modder by the name of “tr7zw”,…
Category: Announcements March 11, 2026 From GDC: Building the Next Generation of Xbox Jason Ronald, Vice President of Next Generation, Xbox This is a summary of my Xbox Developer Summit keynote address, delivered March 11 at the 2026 Game Developer Conference Summary Our team is deep in development on our next generation Xbox console, Project Helix. We are pushing…